The Indigenous non-profit corporation responsible for health and social services for the majority of Alaska’s interior will receive $30.3 million US to help build up high-speed internet in the region. The initiative provides both loans and grants to facilitate greater broadband service in rural areas. The grant announced Friday will go towards building a fibre network that will serve individuals, businesses and education facilities. The high-speed internet will serve Hughes, Huslia, Alatna, and Allakaket Native Village Statistical Areas as well as communities in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. “Many of our rural, Alaska Native communities for too long have found themselves without the broadband connectivity that most Americans take for granted,” Sullivan said.

Source: CBC News October 31, 2022 20:10 UTC